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Noun infliction has 3 senses
- imposition, infliction - the act of imposing something (as a tax or an embargo)
--1 is a kind of enforcement
--1 has particulars:
- infliction - an act causing pain or damage
--2 is a kind of wrongdoing, wrongful conduct, misconduct, actus reus
- annoyance, bother, botheration, pain, infliction, pain in the neck, pain in the ass - something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness; "washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer"; "a bit of a bother"; "he's not a friend, he's an infliction"
--3 is a kind of negative stimulus
--3 has particulars: nuisance; irritant, thorn; plague
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